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Re: Finished my first season with the Ravens in Madden 12

Sometimes.

I try to play the game so it's challenging, but still fun. The one game I lost (Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh) for some reason every pass I threw got picked up (or so it seemed). Boldin and Evans were hurt going into the game and Dickson was hurt during the game.

Re: Finished my first season with the Ravens in Madden 12

That's weird, that you threw that many INTs. The way my games have been going if one of the stars is hurt then the defense will gear up to stop the others. You should've found it easy to pass but difficult to run.

Now I have to let Flacco and Rice go after my third or fourth season. I have a second year QB that's an overall of 93 and a second year RB over all of 89. Can't really see keeping Joe and Ray for multi-millions of dollars a season when they'll be back-ups.

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Re: Finished my first season with the Ravens in Madden 12

Operation Sports has a lot of sliders to choose from.

It'll take some trial and error, but there are some that will challenge you fairly (key word) no matter your skill level.

Also, they'll be tweaking them for quite some time as they play around with the new game's physics and dynamics. There is also the matter of patches which tend to throw sliders off as well. It's a season long process. I usually don't find A+ sliders until the season is well underway and the final patch has been released.

Also x2, the place to stay up to date on Madden news (such as upcoming roster updates) is pastapadre.com.

Re: Finished my first season with the Ravens in Madden 12

I kind of default to All-Pro, but I mostlty change the sliders around to suit my ability.

That way the games are challenging (sometimes I lose), but they're not so ridiculous that they aren't fun.

Just curious, how long are your quarters? Those stats are pretty realistic, which is what I've been trying to get. I've been doing 7 minute quarters on All-Pro. My offensive stats aren't too bad (passing's a little low), but it's tough to get accurate defensive stats.

Call me crazy, but sometimes I like to lose. Rolling over every team every season just gets boring. You may as well start simming all the games and just playing the off-seasons. Having to make a late drive to win the game (or make one more stop on defense) is fun as hell. Besides, on the few occasions where I do get beat, I'll remember it, and it makes the 'rematch' - whenever it happens - a lot more fun (after Baltimore ruined my perfect season, I was so hoping to see them again in the playoffs).

Finished my first season the other night. I didn't jot down the stats.

Went 15-1, only loss at home vs Baltimore (go figure). Lost to the Falcons in the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh took a 21-17 lead with about 2.5 minutes left after being down 17-7 at halftime. Atlanta drove right back down for a TD and went up 24-21, and I couldn't get back down the field for a FG attempt. Turner went beast mode and Julio Jones was just ridiculous, would just grab every pass thrown his way, no matter how hard I was hitting him or how well I was covering him.

Traded Farrior for Rodgers-Cromartie early in the season to get some more help at CB. Mendenhall missed 12 weeks, Redman did more than fine in his place. After the season Ward retired. Cut Aaron Smith. Franchised Mendenhall (2011 is the last year of his contract). Haven't decided if I want to try to trade him or not.

Just getting into my second preseason now. The expanded rosters are a great feature...kind of fun letting an UDFA make the team and seeing how far he can go.

I'd probably be farther along but I was working on trophies. Finally got my platinum last night, so now I can focus just on the franchise.

Re: Finished my first season with the Ravens in Madden 12

Just finished my first season with a crazy finish.

Ended 13-3 played on pro mostly. Started the season on All-Pro and didnt stand a chance. Had 50 rush yards and i think 8 picks after 3 games. Won the SuperBowl vs the Saints. 45-43 scored the winning td with 15 seconds left.